Creating a Virtuous Circle of Student Engagement with the Tech Corner

Authors

Brian R. Shuck, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Susan B. Wainscott, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Jennifer Church-Duran, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Darcy C. Del Bosque, University of Nevada - Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-30-2017

Publication Title

Journal of Library Administration

Volume

57

Issue

5

First page number:

517

Last page number:

547

Abstract

While many academic libraries have followed the public library lead in developing maker-spaces, not all libraries have the money or space to dedicate to such large-scale operations. This case study explores a different approach to engaging users with new technology and investigates how to support their creativity without a costly investment in space and staffing. It demonstrates not only how students can be provided a virtual space to explore technology equipment, but also how their opinions can be leveraged for growing the collection and creating training materials.

Keywords

technology; maker space; collection building; student engagement; independent learning

Disciplines

Library and Information Science

Language

English

Repository Citation

Shuck, B. R., Wainscott, S. B., Church-Duran, J., Del Bosque, D. C. (2017). Creating a Virtuous Circle of Student Engagement with the Tech Corner. Journal of Library Administration, 57(5), 517-547.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01930826.2017.1326264